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as in to flow
to move in a stream
water gently pouring down the canal toward the dam
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as in to rush
to flow out in great quantities or with force
tears pouring down his cheeks
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as in to rain
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds
it's pouring outside, so you'd better take an umbrella
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as in to lavish
to give readily and in large quantities
repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area
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Recent Examples of pour
Microsoft, which has poured more than $13 billion into OpenAI and as much as $5 billion into Anthropic, unveiled a suite of new low-cost models earlier this month.
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Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
The National Park Service began pouring gallons of hydrogen peroxide to clear the algae.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
In the United States, the Inflation Reduction Act poured hundreds of billions into green tech.
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Bjorn Lomborg,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Billionaires in California have poured millions into an opposition campaign through the political committee Building a Better California.
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Connor Greene,
Time,
26 June 2026
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Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
The National Park Service began pouring gallons of hydrogen peroxide to clear the algae.
—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
In the United States, the Inflation Reduction Act poured hundreds of billions into green tech.
—
Bjorn Lomborg,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Billionaires in California have poured millions into an opposition campaign through the political committee Building a Better California.
—
Connor Greene,
Time,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pour
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pour
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International viewers can stream it on Netflix in most markets, with SuperSport and Abema carrying it in Sub-Saharan Africa and Japan.
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New episodes can be downloaded or streamed at Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud and more.
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Although maritime traffic has been able to flow through the channel, the future of the Strait of Hormuz remains in flux.
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Shares are up 43% in the year to date as more money has flowed into regional gaming.
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Do not rush to defend yourself if someone misunderstands your tone.
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Supporters — many of them wearing Colombia’s yellow and red colors — rushed the gates at the home stadium of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, leaving fans terrified and bloodied as security struggled to contain the rush.
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Body parts and munitions rained down on.
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Once the English broke the dam, the boos now rain down on the pitch as the broadcast crews cut to commercial.
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Bogost lavishes praise on hobbies (fly-fishing), crafts (knitting), and trades (woodworking) as ways to dwell in sensory experience.
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In their Canon 18x50 IS binoculars review, our expert Jason Parnell-Brookes awarded them four stars, lavishing praise on their optics, image stabilization, ease of use and more.
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While the ongoing calls for accountability from company officials continue to flood in from residents and city officials alike, GKN Aerospace has opened a community initiative to support evacuees and pledged $500,000 to people impacted by the crisis.
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Profiteers often flood a cause, adopting lookalike titles and chasing the same revenue sources.
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Meanwhile, George and Claire Kittle gushed some more about Kelce and Swift, according to Page Six.
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In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground.
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Today, the life expectancy has more than doubled, from 35 to 79 years, and Washington would likely be treated with antibiotics, rather than bloodletting, for the throat infection that precipitated his death.
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The rise of the handshake did not precipitate the loss of hat-doffing.
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“Pour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pour. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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